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Can anyone compile ffmpeg under windows for me?

I'm just about getting insane with compiling ffmpeg under windows... It just won't work. I need the avcodec.dll and avformat.dll inclusiv .lib and .h, maybe someone could compile it for me and upload these files, so that I can use it at my own project? ...

using ffmpeg in microsoft Visual studio ( 2008 )

how can i use ffmpeg functions with my Microsoft VS? i know i have to use MSYS and MingGW, but there is any document show the steps. ...

Data rate and frame rate property

Hello everybody, I convert a file using ffmpeg command in which audio and video bitrate are specified. But when i play the converted file into totem player or vlc media player then audio and video bitrate in properties section are being displayed "N/A" whereas it must be same as these are specified in command. ffmpeg -i 'in.wmv' -s 12...

DId Quicktime 7.6.5 Windows fix QT for Java? Best video for JavaFX?

Greetings, I have read that QuickTime for Java is esentially broken on both Windows 7 and Snow Leopard. I can't tell how broken -- doesn't seem broken, but could just be my setup. I'm trying to determine whether this is a good technology stack, or if I should look elsewhere. Objective: I want to build a specialized desktop video playe...

calculating filesize of a response?

hello, im tryingto code a script to do dynamic transcoding of video and audio (likely just audio for now) and streaming to mobile devices, currently im using the script posted elsewhere on here (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1608571/how-do-you-convert-audio-files-on-the-fly-to-the-browser) but this seemsto have problems as i do not ...

Convert a video to MP4 (H.264/AAC) with ffmpeg

Hi everybody, If I don't make a mistake, Safari currently need MP4 (H.264/AAC) video encoded for the HTML5 <video> element. So I tried to convert a video to this format with ffmpeg. However when I enter the shell command ffmpeg -i video.flv video.mp4, the returned error is : Seems stream 0 codec frame rate differs from container ...

Using FFmpeg from .NET

I have been searching for an hour on how to use FFmpeg from .NET and it seems you need to execute the FFmpeg.exe with a Process to get things done. To get a duration of an flv file for instance, you would need to start using grep to get something back out of cmd window. It all seems complicated... + you'd have to start installing things ...

Detecting program errors in bash scripts?

I'm trying to write my first semi advanced bash script that will take input in the form of a filename referring to an avi video, send it to ffmpeg to convert to a mp4 (preserving the original name) and then hand it off to MP4Box. The below is pretty much what I'm doing... #!/usr/bin/bash ffmpeg -i $0 -acodec libfaac -ab 128k -ac 2 -vco...

Problem with FFMPEG and PHP

I know this isn't exactly a programming question per se, but rather a settings question, but still: I'm trying to convert video with FFMPEG with a PHP script, following this tutorial: http://vexxhost.com/blog/2007/05/20/how-to-convertencode-files-to-flv-using-ffmpeg-php/ FFMPEG works perfectly and I've used it from the command lin...

ffmpeg vhook coordinates

Hello everyone, I am adding a watermark text "xyz" into a video using the following command:- ffmpeg -sameq -i 'mentos.wmv' -vhook '/usr/lib/vhook/drawtext.so -f /usr/share/fonts/abyssinica/Abyssinica_SIL.ttf -x 50 -y 50 -t xyz' -y 'output.avi' But when i watch the resulted video, the the co-ordinates for watermark text are not prope...

Using FFmpeg or wrapper to get mp3 from mp4 in C#

I'm trying to extract an mp3 from a flash compatible mp4 file and have so far found FFMpeg and a bunch of different wrappers that all claim to be able to do the job. Ideally, I'd like to not have to rely on shelling to the FFMpeg exe, but none of the wrappers I've tried seem to work.... Has anyone got any code or advice for how to go a...

stitching videos together using ffmpeg on the command line

Does anybody know how to stitch two (or more) videos together using ffmpeg (or another cli)? This is assuming that all the videos are in the same format and the video format being used allows for lossless stitching (no transcode, just end-to-end stitching). ...

how to use ffmpeg

hello .. im trying to extract frames from a video .. and i picked ffmpeg ( tell me if you know something better ) for this task i downloaded it's source .. and i don't know how to use it ?? how do i compile it ?? what is the recommended language for it ?? i know python and C++ please note that i use windows vista 64x . ...

Scriptable utility to convert BMPs + WAV to video (XviD)?

I'm looking for a scriptable utility to convert a bunch of BMPs and a WAV file into a video. XviD needs to be the output format. I'd like it to work on Linux (Ubuntu) if possible. A command line utility would be great, as I have 36 videos to create this way. A bash (or [insert favorite scripting language here]) script would be great ...

Encode an Array of Images into a movie file? (iPhone)

My app takes time-lapse photos, and also records audio to go with it. The problem is, I have absolutely no idea how to go about turning it into a .mov/.mpeg file (I am new to this type of iPhone development). I have heard some things about FFMPEG, but apparently the license doesn't cover the public distribution of iPhone apps. Anyone hav...

how to watermark and convert video to flv with FFMPEG ?

how can i watermark and convert a video to flv format with ffmpeg ? ...

FFMPEG won't configure for iPhone

I have downloaded FFMPEG via svn, and put the gas-preprocessor into usr/local/bin. But, when I try to post the following code into terminal, it says: "-bash: ./configure: No such file or directory" This is the code: ./configure --cc=/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/usr/bin/gcc --as='gas-preprocessor.pl /Developer/Platfo...

file required for ffmpeg portability

I'm making a python GUI app and using ffmpeg to encode files. I'm bundling ffmpeg with it, so I'm wondering what do I need to make it portable. Would it work with just the ffmpeg binary in my /opt/local/bin folder? ...

Licensing questions

I'm including a copy of ffmpeg, and probably GPG too. I will be calling them as subprocesses from a python app I'm creating. I'm distributing this and I'm wondering a) since I'm not using the library, I'm simply executing both programs within the python app, I do not have to release the source to my app right? b) do I need to obtain lic...

avcodec/avformat Number of Frames in File

I need to know how to find the total number of frames in a video file using avcodec/avformat. I have a project that I'm picking up from someone else who was using the ffmpeg libraries to decode video streams. I need to retrofit some functionality to seek around frame by frame, and so my first task is to simply figure out the total numbe...